From 7940694862eab51c0da2975095e208fcbb1acb69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vo1stv Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:48:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Asked a question and answered it based on whatI've been able to find. --- Frequently-Asked-Questions.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Frequently-Asked-Questions.md b/Frequently-Asked-Questions.md index c32055f..59110f0 100644 --- a/Frequently-Asked-Questions.md +++ b/Frequently-Asked-Questions.md @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ * [Can I load a pdf from another server (cross domain request)?](#faq-xhr) +* [What browsers are supported (and where can I find install procedures)?](#faq-yis) + ## Can I load a pdf from another server (cross domain request)? -Not by default, but it is possible. Pdf.js runs with the same permissions as any other javascript, which means it cannot do cross origin requests (see [Same origin policy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy)). There are some possible ways to get around this such as using [CORS](http://enable-cors.org/) or setting up a proxy on your server that will feed pdf.js the pdf. Both workarounds are out of the scope of the pdf.js project and we will not provide code to do either. \ No newline at end of file +Not by default, but it is possible. Pdf.js runs with the same permissions as any other javascript, which means it cannot do cross origin requests (see [Same origin policy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy)). There are some possible ways to get around this such as using [CORS](http://enable-cors.org/) or setting up a proxy on your server that will feed pdf.js the pdf. Both workarounds are out of the scope of the pdf.js project and we will not provide code to do either. + + +## What browsers are supported (and where can I find install procedures)? +FireFox is widely supported and installation procedures are described in the README.md at the PDF.js GitHub landing page [https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js]. +